Day in Pics: 15th December

A young Indian girl places a candle in rememberance of last year’s gang rape and murder of a young woman in New Delhi, in Ahmadabad.

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People walk by the Christmas illuminations at the Royal Treaty street in Warsaw, Poland.

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Marius Daugirdas skis on the sidewalk in Evanston, Ill. Snow continued to fall over the Chicago area into northwest Indiana.

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Presidential candidate Evelyn Matthei gestures during a rally outside her home in Santiago. Next Sunday, Matthei will face Michelle Bachelet, who became Chile`s first female president from 2006 to 2010.

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In this image taken from video, New York City firefighters and emergency workers look over the scene on Saturday, Dec. 14, 2013, after a 4-alarm fire engulfed multiple buildings Friday night, in the Harlem neighborhood of New York. Officials say more than 100 firefighters responded.

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A makeshift memorial with crosses for the victims of the Sandy Hook massacre stands outside a home in Newtown, Conn. the one-year anniversary of the shootings.

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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, right, speaks while holding a fan from Laos as Laotian Prime Minister Thongsing Thammavong listens during a joint press conference at Abe`s official residence in Tokyo.

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Devin Logan flies off a jump on her first run during the slopestyle freestyle skiing final at the Dew Tour iON Mountain Championships, in Breckenridge, Colo.

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Army cadets hold a large photo of Army head coach Rich Ellerson during an NCAA college football game against Navy, in Philadelphia. Navy won 34-7.

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President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama arrive to light twenty-six candles in honor of the Newtown shooting victims, in the Map Room of the White House in Washington.

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Hundreds of Arapahoe High School students gathered for a candlelight vigil Saturday night, to share their prayers for Claire Davis who was shot inside the school.

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Colin Joy and Nicole Veroline kiss after Joy proposed to her on the field before the Army-Navy NCAA college football game, in Philadelphia. She said yes. The couple is from Long Island, N.Y.

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Australia`s Dave Warner leaps into the air after scoring a century during the second innings on the third day of their Ashes cricket test match against England, in Perth.

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ADAG chairman Anil Ambani participates in the Delhi Half Marathon, in New Delhi.

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Mt. Etna, Europe`s tallest and most active volcano, spews lava during an eruption near the Sicilian town of Catania, Italy.

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Religious leaders of India, Pakistan and other countries take part in the World Peace conference at Ramlila Ground in New Delhi.

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Saints and religious activists participate in Run for Unity event organised on the death anniversary of Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel in Ayodhya.

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Bride and groom along with their family during a mass marriage function in Allahabad.

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4th World Cup Kabaddi 2013 champion Indian (Women) team players with the trophy, India beat Denmark in the final in Ludhiana on Saturday late night.

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Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah felicitates a student on 10th Foundation Day of Baba Ghulam Shah Badshah University in Rajouri.

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Aam Aadmi Party convenor Arvind Kejriwal with party leaders Prashant Bhushan, Shanti Bhushan during a press conference in New Delhi.

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Faithful lift up a giant candle two days ahead of Pope Francis` 77th birthday, during the Pope`s traditional Sunday`s appearance in St. Peter`s Square at the Vatican.

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Pro-European Union activists, one waving the EU flag, gather during a rally in Independence Square in Kiev, Ukraine.

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Indian gay rights activists hold placards during a protest against a Supreme Court verdict that upheld section 377 of the Indian Penal Code that criminalizes homosexuality in New Delhi.

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A diver dressed as Santa Claus waves at a child at the Creta Aquarium in the city of Iraklio, on the Greek island of Crete.

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A girl places candles to commemorate last year’s gang rape and murder of a young woman in New Delhi. Public anger against crimes against women exploded after a fatal gang-rape of a young woman on a New Delhi bus on Dec.16, 2012.